Appeal No. 96-2121
Application 08/252,984
Billinger et al. (Billinger) 4,769, 834 Sep. 06, 1988
Srinivasan 5,185,782 Feb. 09, 1993
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 18-27 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and specifically claim that subject matter which the
appellant regards as his invention.
Claims 18 and 23 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
as being anticipated by the IDT machine disclosed in the Business
Week articles.
Claims 18-27 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the IDT machine disclosed in the Business
Week articles.
Claims 18-27 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Kahn, Billinger, and Srinivasan.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a system and method for making
a telephone connection between a caller outside of the United
States to a called telephone station as if it were a call
originating in the United States. There are two independent
claims, i.e., claim 18, an apparatus claim, and claim 23, a
process claim. Claim 18 is representative and is reproduced
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